Mop holder



Dec. 22, 1936. lR; STEUERNAGEL 2,065,407

MOP HOLDER Filed sept. 11, 195e ATTOR N EYS Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT MOP HOLDER Rudolph Steuernagel, Rossvlle, Staten Island, N. Y.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to mop holders and has for an object to provide an extremely simple device for positively holding the mop head in place while at the same time permitting quick detach- 5 ment of the mop head by releasing one simple catch.

A further object is to provide a mop holder including a head having depending sockets. for receiving the rod over which the mop is looped, there being slots in the front of the sockets to permit quick detachment of the rod and the mop when the clamp is unlocked by opening of the catch.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modiiications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without 20 departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciiication,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a mop holder 25 constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1. A

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the clamp and handle.

30 Figure 4 is a detail perspective View of the mop holding rod.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective View of 35 the holder and one of the sockets thereof.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, I designates a holder formed preferably of a casting or of light strong 40 sheet metal and is provided with a tube II which slidably receives a wood or other suitable handle I2 having notches I3 in one side to interchangeably receive the end of a spring catch I4. The clamp is riveted to the tube as shown at I and is provided with a grip I6 by means of which the catch may be disengaged from or engaged in the notches to hold the handle in operative position or to release the handle.

The lower end of the handle is equipped with a clamp bar I'I which is arcuate in crosssection looped upon a rod 20. The clamp bar I'I is equipped with a ferrule 2l to receive the handle I2 The holder II] is provided at the ends with sockets 22 of the general shape shown in Figure 6. 5 These sockets receive the ends of the rod 20 and the clamp bar il. The iront walls oi the sockets are cut away at the top as shown at 23 to permit the rod 20 and the mop to be inserted in and removed from the sockets. 10

In operation the clamp bar Il holds the mop it and'rod 20 clamped irmly against the bottoms 2t of the sockets. To remove the mop it is simply necessary to grasp the grip it of the catch ill and pull the catch outwardly whereupon the handle may be raised endwise upwardly through the tube il luntil the clamp bar il arrives at the upper ends of the sockets whereupon the rod and mop I9 may be passed laterally through the cut away portions 23 of the socket. 20

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood Without further explanation.

What is claimed is: 25

1. A mop holder comprising a member having sockets at the ends open for a portion of their length on one side, a tube in the member, a handle slidably fitted in the tube, means for latching the handle to the tube, a mop bearing rod on the bottoms of the sockets insertable and removable laterally through said open side of the sockets, and a clamp bar carried transversely upon the lower end of the handle and shaped to ernbrace the mop bearing rod and clamping said mop bearing rod against the bottoms of the sockets.

2. A mop holder comprising a hollow member provided with sockets in the ends, a tube in the hollow member above the sockets, a handle slidably fitted in the tube and having notches, a spring catch carried by the tube and selectively engageable in said notches, a clamp bar of substantially arcuate cross section disposed transversely on the lower end of the handle and receivable in said sockets, and a mop bearing rod clamped against the bottoms of the sockets by the clamp bar, the sockets being open on the front sides above the rod to permit the mop bearing rod to be applied and removed laterally from the sockets ,when the handle is raised.

RUDOLPH STEUERNAGEL. 

